April 22, 2008

time torture...

It is the simple pleasure in life you have to hang on to. Today it was my turn to host a two-hour after school detention for our little lovlies who cannot follow the rules. They have to sit up in their chairs, facing forward, feet on the ground, and remain perfectly quiet. Well as soon as everybody filed in and took a seat, I proceeded to cover up the clock so they could not see how much time was left.

When you are dreading what you are doing to begin with the time just seems to crawl and it is soooo much worse when you cannot even see just how slow it is going. As they say, "time is relative".

Hey, if I have to sit here for 2-hours in total silence myself, I might as well have some fun with it!!!

at 4:47 PM

2 comments:

ol' boy said...

It is opportunities like this that make up for the times the little angels act up in class...

great blog.

4/27/2008 12:47 PM

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